This dancing goddess from 3300 years ago is probably the ancient Greek goddess Demeter, or, as the Romans renamed her, Ceres, the source of our word cereal. She is from Ugarit, ancient Phoenecia, ancestral Canaan. She is the goddess of the grain and was believed to have given the gift of agriculture to us. She dances here bare-breasted, holding two sheaves of grain and with her animals on either side.
![Potnia Theron (Ἡ Πότνια Θηρῶν, "Mistress of the Animals") is a term first used (once) by Homer (Iliad 21. 470) and often used to describe female divinities associated with animals.[1] The word Potnia, meaning mistress or lady, was a Mycenaean word inherited by Classical Greek, with the same meaning, cognate to Sanskrit patnī. Homer's mention of potnia theron is thought to refer to Artemis . Ancient Greece For Kids, Ancient Greek, Greek And Roman Mythology, Greek Gods, History Tattoos, Greek Pottery, Sacred Feminine, Carthage](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/4a/a4/f6/4aa4f6b8cfa46a188f759ef7c41cbd7d--artemis-goddess-ancient-greek.jpg)
